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Victoria Erickson says soulmates aren’t the ones who make you happiest…

“Soulmates aren’t the ones who make you happiest, no. They’re instead the ones who make you feel the most. Burning edges and scars and stars. Old pains and pangs, captivation and beauty.  Strain and shadows and worry and yearning.  Sweetness … Continue reading

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Louise Erdrich says you have to love…

“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on … Continue reading

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Ruth Wind says his passion she had expected, even his expertise…

“His passion she had expected, even his expertise, for a man of his years would not have been without women. She had even, in the long days of yearning, suspected his tenderness, which led him now to kiss her temples … Continue reading

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Aminatta Forna says something else, something with a power that endures…

“The hollowness in his chest, the tense yearning, the loneliness he braces against, every morning until he can immerse himself in work and forget. Not love. Something else, something with a power that endures. Not love, but a memory of … Continue reading

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Coco J. Ginger says maybe she had it wrong all this time…

“Maybe she had it wrong all this time and her empty heart could never be filled by his ingenious broken spirit. Maybe this yearning had nothing to do with him, and everything to do with her.” – Coco J. Ginger

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